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Direct and Indirect Discrimination PDF

   

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Equality , Diversity and Feartreatment
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Prejudice......................................................................................................................................1Origins of Prejudice....................................................................................................................1Types of Prejudice.......................................................................................................................1Stereotyping and its effects on public services...........................................................................1Discrimination.............................................................................................................................1Direct and Indirect Discrimination..............................................................................................2Lawrence inquiry and institutional racism..................................................................................2Allport’s Scale of Discrimination...............................................................................................2Implication of Discrimination for public services......................................................................2CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4
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INTRODUCTIONEquality is defined as same responsibilities, rights and status for each member of family,group or society. Diversity refers to an extent of differences which prevails between individualswho are part of well-defined and purposefully group. These deviations can be due to behaviour,personality, creed, caste, genetic attributes, sexual orientation, intelligence, socio economicbackground, gender, age, religion, etc. PrejudicePrejudice refers to irrational or preconceived opinions that subsequently leads toprovision of preferential treatment along with some unfavourable biasness for other individuals.It is an affective feeling towards group members or person which are often based on behaviour ofindividual within a group membership. Origins of PrejudicePrejudice can be said to be universal human experience which have certain number oforigins, basically evolutionary, cultural, psychological and social. Prejudice impliesprejudgement. An individual is prejudiced when an attitude has been formed with respect to anyparticular social group before enough information is gathered to have an knowledgeable thought.It denotes a elementary part of complex of individuals thought process. Types of PrejudiceThere are various types of prejudice which are normally observed within present eradepending upon different aspects like socio-economic status, sexual orientation, age, gender,religion, nationality and race of an individual.Stereotyping and its effects on public servicesOne of the most commonly known types of prejudice are stereotypes which are definedas belief or ideology with respect to peculiar set of individuals. They have certain number ofimplications for furnishing public services. The government within present era intends to initiatevarious measures and steps which are required for aiming at eliminating this social evil. DiscriminationThis denotes a practice which is referred to formulation of differentiation between groupon the basis of certain factors like sexual orientation, gender, age, race, etc. Generally, they1
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